Nichols station (formerly Bonifacio–Villamor station, and from 2028 to be referred as Senate station) is a railway station located on the South Main Line in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It derives its name from one of the area's popular nicknames, Nichols, which is also the former name of Villamor Air Base. It was opened for revenue service on March 25, 2010.

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Nichols
Platform area of Nichols station.
General information
Location	East Service Road, Western Bicutan Taguig, Metro Manila Philippines
Coordinates	14°31′26.04″N 121°1′34.10″E
Owned by	Philippine National Railways
Operated by	Philippine National Railways
Line(s)	South Main Line Planned: South Commuter
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NIC
History
Opened	1946 (flagstop) March 25, 2010
Services
Preceding station PNR Following station EDSA towards Tutuban Metro South Commuter FTI towards IRRI
Location
Nichols Location within Metro Manila

v t e PNR Metro Commuter
Legend
Governor Pascual Malabon Caloocan Caloocan Caloocan Depot 10th Avenue 5th Avenue Caloocan Manila Estero de Sunog Apog Solis Tutuban Railyard & Tayuman Locomotive Shed Tutuban Blumentritt Laon Laan España 8 Estero de Valencia Santa Mesa Pasig River Estero de Pandacan Pandacan Estero de Pandacan Paco San Andres Vito Cruz Manila Makati Buendia Dela Rosa Pasay Road Estero de Tripa de Gallina EDSA 3 Estero de Tripa de Gallina Makati Taguig Nichols  MMS  FTI  MMS  Taguig Parañaque Bicutan Parañaque Muntinlupa Sucat Sucat River Mangangate River Alabang Bayanan Creek Poblacion River Muntinlupa Magdaong River Tunasan Muntinlupa   Tunasan River   San Pedro San Isidro River San Pedro San Pedro Carmona Carmona Pacita Main Gate San Pedro Biñan Golden City 1 Biñan Biñan River Biñan Santa Rosa Silang-Santa Rosa River Santa Rosa Golden City 2 Santa Rosa Cabuyao Cabuyao River delta Cabuyao Gulod Cabuyao River delta Mamatid Banlic Cabuyao Calamba San Cristobal River San Juan River Calamba Pansol Masili Calamba Los Baños Dampalit Creek Los Baños Anos Creek College Molawin River IRRI

The station is the twelfth station from Tutuban and is one of two stations serving Taguig, the other station being FTI.

Nearby landmarks

Aside being near both Villamor Airbase and Fort Bonifacio, it is also near Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Newport City, the headquarters of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Further away from the station are the Philippine State College of Aeronautics, the Pasay City South High School, Magallanes Village in Makati, the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, The Heritage Memorial Park, the Bonifacio Global City, McKinley Hill, and McKinley West.

Transportation links

Nichols station is accessible by jeepneys plying routes on the East Service Road, Lawton Avenue (the road which leads to Fort Bonifacio) and Sales Road (the road which leads to Villamor Airbase), as well as buses plying these routes.

Future

This station shall be rebuilt as part of the North–South Commuter Railway project.[1] A new station shall be built to the north of the Sales Interchange where the present one is. To be named Senate station, it will be constructed behind the Department of Social Welfare and Development's SWADCAP site. The station building will be built at-grade and will have two tracks and side platforms. It shall serve the new Senate of the Philippines building, along with the Metro Manila Subway station of the same name. However, these two stations are not expected to be part of a single interchange. The entire NSCR system which includes the new Senate station, is expected to open by 2028.[2][3]

Station Layout

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